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Question: Do you think raising difficult children makes us more open to a cynical sense of humor?
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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 404109" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red">A SAY A RESOUNDING - <span style="font-size: 18px">YES</span></span></span></strong> <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/groooansmileyf.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":groan:" title="groan :groan:" data-shortname=":groan:" /></p><p></p><p>Living this life has to make us more cynical, and sarcastic - or kill us!!!!</p><p></p><p>No really, it is kinda interesting - because the 2 years when Matt was in treatment - a guy who was in his late twenties and I became really good friends. At first, we thought of the carnal pleasures this could bring - but quickly we both realized no way. Later, it dawned on me, that the reason I liked this guy so much was because he was somewhat dark, cynical, silly, funny - and in many ways reminded me of a healthy Matt. With Matt being gone, I really missed our bantering and goofiness. Although difficult children bring a lot of pain - at least for me - Matt is cynical and funny. He can make me laugh even when I know how wrong it is of me to laugh at the dark side. He is so often on the dark side - how can you not laugh sometimes????</p><p></p><p>So I can't say which came first - me being sarcastic and cynical - or Matt - but either way - it is a deep part of who I am - and I concur that having a difficult child can make one steer towards this direction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 404109, member: 3301"] [B][SIZE=4][COLOR=red]A SAY A RESOUNDING - [SIZE=5]YES[/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] :groooansmileyf: Living this life has to make us more cynical, and sarcastic - or kill us!!!! No really, it is kinda interesting - because the 2 years when Matt was in treatment - a guy who was in his late twenties and I became really good friends. At first, we thought of the carnal pleasures this could bring - but quickly we both realized no way. Later, it dawned on me, that the reason I liked this guy so much was because he was somewhat dark, cynical, silly, funny - and in many ways reminded me of a healthy Matt. With Matt being gone, I really missed our bantering and goofiness. Although difficult children bring a lot of pain - at least for me - Matt is cynical and funny. He can make me laugh even when I know how wrong it is of me to laugh at the dark side. He is so often on the dark side - how can you not laugh sometimes???? So I can't say which came first - me being sarcastic and cynical - or Matt - but either way - it is a deep part of who I am - and I concur that having a difficult child can make one steer towards this direction. [/QUOTE]
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